Garment-fastening.



No. 699,07l. Patented Apr. 29, I902.

E. BOHN.

GARMENT FASTENING.

(Applicltion filed Sept. S, 71901.) (No Nodal.)

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EDWARD BOHN, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

th egcfop'nty State of Penns ylvania,ha\ieiny med-certain newand useful Improvements "irif, earme tciosm'g qi-jndgel Fastening Devices; and I do hereby declare theffollowi ng to beat full, clear, and exact description of the invention such .as will enable others skilled inthe art to w hich' itiajppertains to make and use thdsainfe.

This invention relates to improvements in a garment-closing or edge-fastening device of that class in which two members, a hook-plate and an eye-plate, each adapted to be secured in place adjacent to the edges of a cut or slit to be fastened or closed; in which a plurality of hooks formed at one edge of the hook-plate engage in eyes, loops, or folds formed in the eye-plate; and, in which a spring catch or tongue, between adjacent pairs of said hooks, engages against an edge or rib formed between adjacent pairs-of the respective loops or folds of the eye-plate. a

The object of the invention is the production of a device consisting of two members whereby two overlapping edges brought together, as of a dress, are invisiblyclosed, clasped, or held in place and which will not unhook, unclasp, or open without hand as sistance, a device that is simple in construc-' tion, readily applied, and effective in action In a former application, Serial No. 57,575, filed April 2-6, 1901, examined and allowed May 14, 1901,is set forth a skirt-waistbandfastener and skirt-supporter; but the intent of this invention is simply the closing of a slit or Vent in a garment by clasping or hooking its edges together.

The elements of the invention will severally and at large appear in the following descriptions, and they will be separately or combinedly set forth or pointed out in the appended claim.

The purposes of the'invention areattained by the devices and means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, with similar reference characters to designate like parts throughout the several views,in which- Figure 1 is a plan or outside view of two overlapping edges, as of the upper portion of GARM ENT- -FAS TENINGF AbplicationfilgdhePteihher3,I901. SerialNo.74,052.1Noh1odel-lj Y a vent in a dress-skirt, witlra portionof top edge broken away, showing. the elements of the invention in closed 'orclaspedposition inFig. 1, the cloth of: the under portionshow; ing in section; Fig. 3, an enlargedtsectio nal ele-vat iontaken onthelineacm in.-F.i-:g. lwith 'o n 'ht'hge 'under one; Fig. 2, an. enlarged iVieW from the leftof saideleme-ntsasthey, appear theremoved cloth in place; Fig.'.4,:ea in:

ve'rte'd plan of the hook=plate detached from Fig. 2; Fig. 5,]adirect planofthe eye-plate also detached from Fig. 2. Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views, on an enlarged scale, of the hook and eye plates as they appear when detached from Fig. 1; and Fig.8 shows two enlarged plans of hook and eye plates, the first being provided with three hooks and the last with three eyes.

In the drawings, A designates the device with its members A A clasped or hooked in the position of fastening together the overlapped edges 1 and 2 of a garment slit or vent, said members being, respectively, secured to the adjacent surfaces of said edges.

The member A, being the hook-plate, is practically rectangular in form, with a scalloped rear edge, a straight forward edge, and rounded ears flush with the extremities of the straight edge projecting from the end edges of the platen From this latter edge project the desired number of hooks a, which are folded back over the plate, with prescribed intervals therebetween, two and .three hooks to a plate being shown. Preferably in each space between the hooks are cuts in the plate through the straight edge thereof and to about its center, forming an elastic or spring tongue at, which may be downwardly and forwardly sloping and its forward end curled over, as

upwardly-extending loops or fold formations a between them and said end projections,

the archedspaces or openings under said loops or iolds,constitutingthe eyes of theinvention, being the same in number on the respective plates as are the hooks on the hook-plate in connection with which said eye-plates are used and which eyes said hooks are adapted to engage. Projecting from the prescribed edge of the eye-plate and at the center of each flat portion a is an upwardly-curving and downwardly-curled ridge or rib a, over which the required spring-tongue a rides in hooking or clasping together and against which the curled edge of said spring-tongue engages to complete said hooking or clasping, while in the end projections a as well as in the angles of the fiat portions a", said plate is provided with orifices 0, adapting it to be secured in place, as by stitching.

It will here be remarked that the construction in this application differs chiefly from the construction in said former application in the formation of the spring tongue or catch of the hook-plate, as well as in the formation of the edge ridge or rib of the eye-plate and in omitting the supporting-hook from the latter plate; but the manner of securing the plates in place and of hooking or of clasping them together remains the same.

The invention having been ascertained and described and the manner in which it is performed fully shown and set forth, what is considered new, and desired to be seen red by Letters Patent, is

A plate having a plurality of hooks projecting from one edge thereof, and prescribed spaces between the hooks,- with a springtongue in each space and extending through the edge from which said hooks project; and a second plate having a plurality of arched loops or folds constituting eyes, with prescribed intermediate flat portions and outer end projections in one plane, said intermediate flat portions having the edge ridges or ribs, a; said plates adapted to be secured in place, as shown; with said hooks engaging in said eyes, and said tongues, against said ridges or ribs; all substantially as described and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD BOHN.

\Vitnesses:

FRED. D. MENTZEN, PAUL A. HERB. 

